Question | Answer |
Cape | A point of land that extends into a river, lake or ocean |
Basin | An area of land surrounded by lands of higher elevation |
Bay | The part of a large body of water that extends into a shore line, genrally smaller than a gulf |
Canyon | A deep and narrow valley with steep walls |
Channel | A wide strait or waterway between 2 landmasses that lie close to each other |
Cliff | A steep, high wall of rock earth or ice |
Continent | One of the earths 7 large landmasses on the earth |
Delta | A flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth |
Desert | A region of vegetation either hot or cold that receives 10 inches or less of precipitation each year |
Glacier | A large thick body of slowly moving ice |
Gulf | Part of a large body of water that extends into the shoreline, generally larger and more deeply indented than a bay |
Harbor | A sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely |
Hill | Elevated land with sloping sides and a rounded summit; generally smaller than a mountain |
Island | A land area completely surrounded by land; smaller than a continent |
Isthmus | A narrow stretch of LAND connecting two larger land areas |
Lake | A sizable inland body of water |
Mesa | Broad, flat-topped landform with steep sides; smaller than a plateau |
Mountain | land with steep sides that rise sharply |
Mouth(of a river) | A place where a stream or river into a larger body of water |
Ocean | One of the 5 major bodies of salt water that surrounds a continent |
Ocean Current | A stream of either cold OR warm water that moves in a definite direction through an ocean |
Peninsula | A body of land jutting into a lake or ocean |
Plain | An area of level land, usually at low elevation and often covered with grasses |
Plateau | An area of flat or rolling land at a high elevation about 300-15,000 feet high |
Rain Forest | A tropical dense evergreen woodland with an annual rainfall of 100 inches or more |
River | A large, natural stream of water that runs through the land |
Sea | A large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land |
Sound | A broad inland body of water, often between a coastline and one or more islands off the coast |
Source of a River | A place where a river or stream begins often in highlands |
Strait | a narrow stretch of WATER connecting two larger bodies of water |
Tributary | A small river or stream that flows into a larger river or stream; a branch of the river |
Tundra | A region of vegetation at high latitudes, high elevations and characterized by cold temperatures and sparse vegetation |
Valley | An area of low land between hills or mountains |
Volcano | A mountain created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the earth |